In Alfred, N. Y., October 23, 1914, Mrs. Rowland A. Thomas, aged 91 years, 2 months and 14 days.
Mrs. Ann Crandall Thomas was the daughter of Isaiah and Martha Saunders Crandall, and was born in the town of Alfred, N. Y., August 9, 1823.
In 1841, she was married to Rowland A. Thomas. To them were born six children, Mrs. Sarah Eaton of Alfred Station, N. Y.; William G. Thomas, who died at Light House Point, Va., after having served nearly three years in the Civil War; Lorenzo C., who died in Tustin, Cal., in 1895; Mrs. Alma E. Palmer, who has tenderly cared for her mother in her declining years; Mrs. Laura A. Beebe, who died at Colony Heights, Cal., in 1896; and Mrs. Minnie M. Beckwith of Alfred, N. Y. Mr. Thomas died in 1901. Beside her children she is survived by five grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren.
When about fifteen years of age she was baptized and joined the First Seventh Day Baptist Church of Alfred, N. Y., and of this church she remained a member till her death, a period of seventy-six years. She was a charter member of the Ladies' Aid society of her church, also a member of the Evangelical society, and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. She was interested in every good work, a liberal giver to her church and other benevolences, till the day of her death, and a patient, loving and lovable follower of Christ. It may truly be said of her, "She hath done what she could."
Funeral services, conducted by Pastor William L. Burdick, were held at the church October 26, and interment took place in Alfred Rural Cemetery. Wm. L. B.
